Shipping-container.



JERYIS R. HAR BEC'K, O]? GHICAGO, ILL'INOIS, ASSIGNOR T AMERL.JAN -CAN GM PANY, OF NEW YOEK N. Y., A. GORP ORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SHIPPING*CONTAINEE.

a,waeea Specification of Let&ers Patent.

Pzitented. Jvnne e, 1e1e.

Application flled June 1, 1914. Serial No842274.

T0 all 107mm z't may concem:

Be lt known that I, Jnnv1s R. HARBECK, a citizen 0f the United States, residing in Chi Cago, in the county of Cook and State 0:E

Il linois, hav'e invented a new and useful Im provemenf: in Shipping-Containers, cf which the following is a specification.

My inventin relates in gen'eral to shipping containers for artieles 0f various klncls and more particularly to containers provicled for the packa ging of small articles for shipmenhby parcels post, expressgand the lilfe.

One of t he prineipal objeets of the invention is the Provision bf a container 0f tlie general chziracter described in Which the side orend, left open t0 reeeive the artiele ozarticles beirig shipped, 1nay be closed without the use of glue er other permanent fastening means in order that the postal regulations covei*ing the shipment of articles bygareels p0st maybe complied with.

A: f'i1rther object of' the invention is "ehe pfi3yi eion of a conizainer wherein the closure willb'emore tightly held in place When the 2 5W2eigli't of the article er artibles carried in tlie Container is felt thereb y and wherein a felatively rigid closure may be employed Without danger of darnage to the contents of the container in transit.

Another object of the invention is ehe pro.-

vision of a co'ntainer whieh, while possessing the foregoing and numerous qther aclvantages, Will be chea to construct pleasing in appearance anc l e cient in use.

Other objects and advantages 0f the invention Will be apparent as it; is better understood from the following deseription comsidered in conneetion with the accompanying drawing illustrating a preferrecl ernbodiment thereof.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a contalner embodying my inventi 011 closed and ready for shipment. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectio1ial view taken substantially on the plane defined by the lines 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse seetional view taken substantially 011 the lines of Fig.- 2,.and Fig. 4 is a diagrammat1c v1eW of a blank which may be employed in construct-v ing the container shown in the othe r figures.

The container shown in the drawing con: sists of a reefiangular body portion 5, each end of which is closed when ehe container is ready' for shipinen't by a closu1:e 6. Tbe

body portion 5 in the present 1nstanee 1s fec tively protect ios contents from damage.

made of corrugated carclboard' from the blank shown in Fig. 4. This blank is scred 011 the lines 7 to form the fou'r longitudinal yvalls 8, the adjoining .edges of the blank be- 1ng secured. toget'her along one corner by a str1 p 9 of paper, cloth er other suitable ma'- tenal. A flap 10 is provided at each end 0f. each wall 8 and each of these fiaps-isslit m slotted at 11 f0r a purpose Which will be hereinafter clefined. Tl1e fiaps 10 are bemf at 12 und extend invvardly 013 the bo ly per tion of the container as seen in Fig. 2. v These flaps aie scored ab 13 and beni: izowar each other inwardly of'the scoring lines. The closure 6 is provided With oppositely 'and outwarclly extending p'rojectlons 14:

adapted to enllser into the 's1ots 11 when ;he closure is positioned.

In practice the fiaps at one encl of the sontainer are first turnecl inwardly and the m closure6 at this end positionecl before tbe contents to be skipped in the' container is paekaged. The Closureis movecl inwarly fronathe end of the container until the p1*0" jectiens 14 engage in. the slits 11. The cou- 811 tents, generally designated at 15 in Fig, 2, is then insertecl and the flaps 10 at the other end of the eontainer am turned inwardly anal the second-closure 6 is positioneol. The eclge's of the flaps o1 the portions located in- 235 warclly of the scored lines 13 are bent before the fiaps a1e engaged by the closures to the angular positions shown in Fig. 2 so tha'i: the centents will rast lipon these fla ps whein th'e c0ntainer is placed oh either end. These W bent portions of the flaps perform tl1e dual l function of serving as a cushion to protect the contents at the end Cf the container anzito tighten the engagement between the flaps ancl closures when the weight cf the contents is sustained by an end. Under the pressurea of this weight the 'flaps 10 leave the eidewalls of' the containerconsequently driving the projections 14 deeper into the slits 11. 333i? 112 will be apparent that a container embodying my invention may be readily packed and closed for shipment, that it mag be cheaply constructedand that it Will e'E Nil Sinceno adhesive er other permanent fastening means is necessary it complies With the requirements of the postal regulations.

It will be apparent thatvarious changes may be made in the form and the constmelatter,.the e'xtreme inner tion of the cqntainer end of the closure with -with slits in their adjacent faces, and a 01esure erranged between seid flaps and pressing them to the Walls of the container 'and provided with means for engaging said slits t0 hold seid ciosure in position, said flaps extending' invvard beyond the Closure and pressing against the c1osure and its engaging means. Y 1 4 2. A shipping container having opposite1y disposed, inwardly extending fieps et its open side' m1d a closure positioned between and held in p1ace by seid flaps andpressing i:he latter 130 the Walls of the coutainer, the edges of seid flaps being bent inwardly behind .said closute into fposition to be engaged by the contents of the coutainer to tighten the engagement between seid flaps anc1 seid closure.

A. shipping container having oppositdy disposed, inwardly extending flaps et its open side providedwith the slits in t heir adjacent eure pressing the flaps to the Walls of thefaces a.nd a, fiat disk-like elocontziiner and provided with integral:projections aepted to engage in said slits, seid flaps Extending inwar beyon the clo sure;

4. A sh ipping eontainer having oppositely dis'posed inwardly extending flaps of yieldin'g material and 5"c10sure of relatively stifl' unyielding material 1i0siti0ned betwe#en and hel in place by seid fiaps and partially embedded thegein the ends 0f said flaps being bent mwerdly behind -said closure 120 provide a yield ing cushi'on fo r the cen tents of seid container.

5. A shipping centainer having a1;

side flaps which are turne over fitfxim the Walls of the container and extend witfiin the ends of seid flalps Ming bent away from the Walls towerd. i:he Center oi the conteiner, 'the Seid flaps being formwie ef yielding materil; combined with havihg oppda Closure positioned between the seid fiaps and pressing the same t0 the Walls of the Container, the seid closure being located im the flaps atpoints where the flaps are per alle?! With the Walle of i;he Containex; am] 0 1i?- side of the 1izeies a g Which their extreme immr ends are bent, inward, and being partiell embedded in the flaps.

6. A shipping eontainer having at an 0pen side flaps which are turned over fr0m the Walls 0f the-eontainer anc1 extend wihin the latter, the extreme in'r1er ende 0f seid flaps being bent away from the Walls towanl the Center of the container, the seid flaps being formerl of yielding material, combined With a closure positioned between the seid flaps ab poi1its outside 0f the-inner ende thereof and pressingthe same to the wzls of the coniaainer, the seid closure being par tially embedded in the boies ofthe flaps.

7 A shipping container having at an epen side fla1s which are turnecl 0ver f1om Ehe walls of the Container und extend Within the latter, the extreme inner ends 0f seid flaps the flaps axe bent, combined With a closure positioned between the seid fiaps and p ressing the sameto the, Walls 0f the conta1ner, the seid c1osure being located 011 theflaf s at points beoween the said slits end t"ne lines a.t which the extreme ends of the fiaps a1e bent inward.

8. A shipping eontainerh aving atits open sides flaps WhiCh are bent inward from Ehe Walls of the container and extend within i;he

' latter, the inner ends of seid flaps being beni: away from the welle of the container und towerd the center" thereof, ancl a closure within the seid Walls an flaps and arrange on jthe flaps et the lines on Which the immer ends of be flaps are bent.

Signe d this 26th day of presence of two wiznessee.

May, 1914, in i;bie 

